SAN ANTONIO – The Angelo State men's basketball team scored 13 points over its season average but couldn't keep pace with Incarnate Word in a 100-83 Lone Star Conference loss on Saturday at the McDermott Center.

The Rams (5-11, 2-6 LSC) allowed their most points of the season and fell to 0-7 on the road this season.     UIW (11-6, 6-2 LSC) came into the game leading the conference in scoring at 76.6 points per game in LSC play and also improved on its shooting percentage of 51 percent by shooting 57 percent from the floor against the Rams.

“They are a fast team and we didn't play good transition defense,” ASU head coach Fred Rike said. “We weren't bad offensively, but we couldn't string together any stops. I thought we played well in spurts today but we have to pack it in defensively against a good offensive team like Incarnate Word.”

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Bryan Hammond led the Rams with a career-high 26 points on 8 of 15 shooting and also had a team-leading six assists and five rebounds in the game. Hammond, who scored 20 of his 26 in the second half, went 10 of 12 from the free-throw line and has now led ASU in scoring in the past four games.

Justin Walling added 13 points, while Chris Talkington scored 12 and Jovan Austin 11 for the Rams who shot 48 percent from the floor and made six 3-pointers. ASU out-rebounded the Cardinals 32-31 in the game, including grabbing 11 offensive rebounds. The Rams made 19 of 24 attempts from the free-throw line.

The Cardinals, who have now won six of their last seven games, made 11 3-pointers in the game and recorded their first triple-digit scoring game of the season. Andre Corley led UIW with 21 points, including hitting three 3-pointers and also had four rebounds with Anthony Horton scoring 20 points. Dionelle Rucker added 19 points and six rebounds, while Denzel Livingston had 13 points and Kyle Hittle scored 11 points.

Walling led the Rams with 10 points in the first half after hitting two 3-pointers and shooting 4 of 4 from the field. Marsh had seven points and Hammond added six points and three rebounds for the Rams who trailed 52-40 at halftime.

Angelo State's only lead of the game came after an Austin basket 12 seconds into the game. UIW would take a 3-2 lead on three free throws by Andre Corley to take the lead which it wouldn't relinquish.

With the loss, Angelo State is now holds a 9-7 all-time advantage in the series against Incarnate Word.

ASU returns to action next week with a pair of games against Abilene Christian. The Rams and Wildcats open the back-to-back series at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Junell Center and will play at 7:30 p.m. next Saturday at ACU's Moody Coliseum in the final regular season meeting between the two teams as Lone Star Conference opponents. Angelo State and Abilene Christian have met 102 times on the basketball court with the Wildcats holding a 58-44 lead in the all-time series over the Rams.